Diaper-cover.



No. 881,640 I PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908. H. WIMMEL. DIAPER COVER.

APPLICATION FILED 00115, 1907.

UNITED s'rArns PATENT OFFICE.

DIAPER-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Application filed October 15, 1907. Serial No. 897,604.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEINRICH WIMMEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Frankfort-on-the-Main, in the Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful 1m rovements in Dia er-Covers, of which the ollowing is a spe cation.

This invention relates 'to an improved diaper-cover which, when placed in position on the body of the infant, cannot be detached therefrom b the legs of the infant, but is held firmly t ereon, and by which the clothes of the infant as well as the cradle are protected against being soiled without preventing the free motion of, and the free access of air to, the body of the infant.

The invention consists of a diaper-cover provided at its upper part with 0 enings or oles for the arms of the infant, an with two tapering overand underlapping bodyportions that are connected at the rear of the body, by extension stra s or belts, one,of them passing through a s 't in the shirtortion, said body-portions being provide at their lower front-edges with buttons, and a lower abdominal portion made inte al with the shirt-portion and rovided at ts lower edge with buttonholesf buttons on the front-edges of the overand underlapping body-portions.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved diaper-cover, showing the parts in position before applying it to the body of .an infant, Fig. 2 is a front-view showing the upper body or shirt-part of the diaper-cover asapplied to the body, Fig. 3 is a front-view of the diapercover showing the lower abdominal portion also closed up, andFig. 4 is a rear-elevation of Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 1

Referring to the drawings, (1 represents the upper orshirtortion of my improved diapercover. The s 'rt-portion a is rovided with holes or o enings a through which the arms of the ant are assed when placing the diaper-cover on the body of the infant. From the shoulders or armholes of the shirtortion a extend two tapering bodyortions which terminate in straps or belts The body-portions'b overlap each other in front of the body of the infant, the underlapping portion being passed through a slit d in the side of the up eror shirt-portion of the diaper-cover be ow the armhole to the rearpart of the shirt-portion,

or attaching it to the where the tapering body-portions are connected by their stra s or belts b which are provided res ective y with buttons d and buttonholes 1 at the rear of the shirt-portion. Several buttons may be arranged on the strap or belt 6 of the overlapping body-portion b so as to permit the use of the diaper-cover for infants of larger or smaller size.

The overlapping bodyortion b is rovided at its lower front-edge with two uttons e e and the underlap b at its lower front-edge with a third utton e, to which thelower or abdominal portion f of the'diaper-cover is ap lied by means of buttonholes f f whicli are arranged at the lower e ge of the abdominal portion f after the latter is passed through between the legs of the infant, as shown in Fig. 3. The abdominal portion f is made in one piece with the upper or shirt-portion a, the oles f f f 3 beingarranged at the samerelative position on the abdominal portion as the buttons 6 e and e on the body-portions. To the lower or abdominal portion f of the diaper-cover is detachably applied a layer 9 of waterproof material, such as rubber cloth, which is attached by means of tie-loo s or other means 9 to the inner surface 0 .the portion f, therefrom when the diaper-cover itself is to be cleaned by, washing. The waterproof layer 9 covers only that part of the diapercover which extends over the hind-part of the body, while the remaining parts of the diaper-cover remain uncovered so as to provide for the free passage of air to the body of the infant at the remaining portions of the dia er-cover.

he advantages of my cover are, first, that the same is applie to the'body like a shirt by passing the arms through the armholes of the upper or shirtportion of the diaper-cover, whereby the diaper-cover is prevented from being moved away from the body by the motion of the legs, remaining always in position on the body of the infant; secondly, that the diapercover is quickly applied with a diaper to the body of the infant by first connecting the terminal straps or belts of the cover and underlapping body-portions at the rear and then a plying the abdominal portion to the lower Ont-edges of the body-portions at the front of the body of the infant and, lastly, that the diaper-cover can be manufactured improved dia erso that the same can be removed ping bodyortion at a comparatively low price as the shirt and abdominal portions are made in one piece and connected with the tapering body-portions at the shoulders and sides of the shirtportion. 7

Having thus described my invention, 'I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A diaper-cover comprising an upper or shirt-portion having armholes, tapering body-portions extending from the shirt-portion and having stra s or belts at their ends, the belt of the un erlapping body-portion passing through a slit in one side of the shirtportion, means for connecting the straps or belts of the body-portions at the rear of the shirt-portion, buttons at the lower frontedges of the over and underlapping bod portions, and an abdominal portion at t e ower part of the shirtortion, rovided with buttonholes for attac ing the atter to the buttons on the lower edges of the bodyportions.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HEINRICH WIMMEL.

Witnesses:

ROSA WIMMEL, ANNA SPIEGEL. 

